Looking back at 2024

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Looking back at 2024   As we prepare to ring out 2024 and ring in the new year, The Manila Times looks back on the stories that helped shaped the year that was.   Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #yearender2024

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00:00As we prepare to ring out 2024 and ring in the new year, the Manila Times looks back

00:21on the stories that helped shape the year that was.

00:34Stormy 2024 Six storms from September to November of 2024

00:48devastated the Philippines, killing over a hundred people, displacing thousands and

00:55destroying crops and infrastructure.

00:58It was considered across the globe as an unusual phenomenon.

01:04Because Tropical Storm Enteng, Super Typhoon Julian, Severe Tropical Storm Christine, Typhoons

01:11Marse and Nika, and Super Typhoon Pepito happened only weeks apart, with the last two

01:24occurring almost on the same week.

01:28Before these were Typhoons Agon and Karina, starting the weather rampage in the middle

01:36of the year.

01:41All from grace, from son of God, to fugitive, to prisoner.

01:56This was the story of Pastor Apollo Kibaloy, founder of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ or

02:04KOJC in 2024.

02:10Revered by members of his church, Kibaloy fell from grace, after he was accused here

02:17and in the United States of money laundering and human trafficking, which he has denied

02:26following his arrest and detention in September after playing hide and seek with authorities

02:31for months.

02:34Unfazed, Kibaloy intends to fight this one out, not in court, but in the upcoming 2025

02:41elections, where he filed his Certificate of Candidacy for Senator through his lawyer

02:46in October.

02:50RUN UP TO 2025 ELECTIONS

02:54The Commission on Elections or COMELEC is perhaps the busiest government agency in 2024

03:02and will be busier in 2025 as it prepares for the national and local midterm polls.

03:10Among its notable achievements were the early delivery of the automated counting machines

03:17by South Korean-based service provider Miru Systems, the first ever issuance of guidelines

03:24on campaigning through social media, which includes compelling candidates to disclose

03:30the use of Artificial Intelligence or AI in their campaign materials, and prohibiting

03:37the use of the technology to spread misinformation against their rivals and the filing of Certificates

03:43of Candidacy by interested individuals.

03:50TROUBLED WATERS

03:51China's continued and increasing aggression in the South China Sea remains one of the

04:04year's top stories.

04:06The dangerous maneuvers employed by Chinese ships against Philippine vessels in territories

04:12within the country's Exclusive Economic Zone has been a cause of concern not only in the

04:19Philippines but among like-minded allies led by the U.S. who adhere to the United

04:26Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or UNPLOS and Freedom of Navigation.

04:33Buoyed by the support of the international community, the Philippines conducted joint

04:38drills with the U.S. and its Asian and European counterparts in the disputed waters, angering

04:44China.

04:46The Philippines also filed several diplomatic protests before the UN.

04:54GOLD

04:552024 was a banner year for sports as the country's athletes shone in various international competitions,

05:07including August's Paris Olympics where gymnast Carlos Yulo gave the Philippines not just one

05:14but two golds for the first time.

05:20BANNED

05:26In his State of the Nation Address in July, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared that

05:32all Philippine offshore gaming operators or POGOs must go by the end of the year and issued

05:40Executive Order 74 to back up the announcement.

05:44The ban stemmed from allegations that the ongoing POGO activities became a source of

05:49human and drug trafficking and money laundering.

06:04ALICE GUO

06:10Aside from Pastor Quiboloy, no other personality has captured the imagination of the Filipinos

06:16in 2024 than then-Bamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo.

06:24A Senate inquiry into POGOs exposed Mayor Guo's alleged links to the illegal activity

06:30following a raid on one of the hubs in her home province.

06:35Guo, like Quiboloy, eluded authorities for months until her arrest and detention in May.

06:45And Guo, like Quiboloy, has denied the accusations against her.

07:00BREAKUP

07:01Although President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte ran and won under

07:14the UNITEAM in the 2022 National Elections, some cracks have started to show, starting

07:22with the resignation of Duterte as Education Secretary and Vice Chairman of the National

07:27Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.

07:33Then in November, Duterte publicly threatened Marcos, his wife Liza and Speaker Martin Romualdez

07:41if anything happened to her.

07:47Her father, President Rodrigo Duterte, who was Marcos' predecessor, added fuel to the

07:54fire when he called on the military to intervene.

08:20BIGGEST ENTERTAINMENT STORIES

08:27Scandals and box office history were among the biggest local stories in entertainment

08:34in 2024.

08:39Young actor Sandra Mulac, son of former child superstar Nina Mulac, accused two network

08:45executives of rape.

08:48Hello, Love Again, starring Kathleen Bernardo and Alden Richards, became the highest-grossing

08:59Filipino film.

09:06And actor Anthony Jennings was accused by his then-girlfriend Jamela Villanueva of

09:16cheating with co-star Maris Racal.

09:21And here were the Manila Times' top stories of 2024.

09:25Read us on print or click on to www.manilatimes.net and our social media platforms and watch us

09:32on our new streaming channel.

09:35Make the Manila Times your new source of choice.

09:37Wishing everyone the best in 2025.

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